Community Asset Mapping Analysis Report – Ghor Al-safi

The report aimed to capture community needs and priorities by assessing the importance, availability, and quality of services provided to youth. The improved Community Asset Mapping (CAM) tool focused on service provision in the communities and addressed a wider array of community stakeholders/entities. The methodology involved designing and developing CAM tools on tablets for mobile data collection by the USAID YouthPower MEL team. Two survey questionnaires were created: one for mapping organizations and their services, and the second for interviewing community members. Additionally, four focus group discussions were conducted. Thirty-four youth from Ghor Alsafi were trained on conducting community asset mapping, divided into seven groups, and each group nominated one youth leader to be the focal point person. The data collection process involved mapping 36 entities, out of which 16 had more than one branch. The community interviews sample size was 161, and the focus group discussion participants were 30. The organizations mapped included governmental, CBO, non-profit, private, for-profit, and religious entities. The most common types of organizations were institutes, commercial services, educational, health, and youth centers. The demographic information revealed that the majority of the community members were female (62%), Jordanian (98%), and between the ages of 18-24 (23.6%). The main key findings of the community asset mapping data analysis indicated that all categories scored high levels of importance, indicating the importance of all levels mapped for Ghor Al-safi community. The importance sectors included employment, activities, health and counseling services, education services/resources, facilities, sports, family services, and other services. The findings revealed that the availability of vocational training/job opportunities, job exploration/research, after-school programs, art and music activities, summer camps, and voluntarism work were not available or were of low quality. The health and counseling services, including health-drugs rehabilitation centers, physiotherapy, specialized doctors, and specialized physicians, were also not available or were of low quality. The education services/resources, including availability of supervised after-school youth activities, education-learning with difficulties center, labs, and education-special needs, were also not available or were of low quality. The report highlighted the need for targeted areas to enhance employment skills, develop youth talents, engage youth in similar activities, encourage youth to volunteer, and provide health and counseling services, education services/resources, and facilities. The report recommended considering awareness campaigns, advocacy campaigns, and upgrading the health center to enhance the quality of provided services. It also suggested preparing and equipping classrooms in schools to accommodate students with learning difficulties and preparing and equipping labs in schools with necessary equipment to enhance the quality of education and knowledge.